Engineering students enhance their social skills by sharing their knowledge with Afro-Colombian
1 Assistant professor, Department of Forest Engineering, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia.
2 Associate profesor, Department of Agronomy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
3 Associate profesor, Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
Research Article
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 02(03), 036-043.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2020.2.3.0011
Publication history:
Received on 21 February 2020; revised on 07 March 2020; accepted on 09 March 2020
Abstract:
The challenge of sustainable development demands that intelligence quotient requirements are not enough for the successful future of engineers and similar professionals. It is necessary that students develop emotional intelligence to increase their ability to understand and communicate emotions, guide their thought process, and increase their capacity to solve difficulties. Engineering professionals working in rural development related to sustainable resource management are not being as effectual as they could be their work with communities is fragmented or incomplete as they have not been given support or advice regarding human development. In the current study a group of forest engineering students experienced complete immersion with a local community of Bajo Calima, during a field trip to Centro Forestal Tropical (Tropical Forestry Center TFC). The knowledge exchange that occurred between students and the community developed students’ empathy for and understanding of the community’s problems.
Keywords:
Local knowledge; Scientific local; Dialogue; Empathy; Social learning
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